Cigar-cutter



J. S. HENRY. CIGAR CUTTER.

(No Model.)

No; 442,252. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

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JOHN S. HENRY, OF MANHEIM, PENNSYLYANIA.

ClGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,252, dated December9, 1890.

Anplication filed May 24,1890- Serial No. 353,022. (No model.) 7

vI0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. HENRY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Manheim, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for cutting off theends of cigars; and the objects of my improvements are to @011- struct amachine in which the cigar can be held and the cutter operated by onehand, and in which the blade shall be made to cut diagonally across thecigar instead of pressing directly against or on it.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification,Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the cutter with the carriage inposition to receive a cigar, and Fig. 2 a similar view showing theposition of the carriage aft-er the end has been severed from the cigar.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cutter in the position shown in Fig.1, and Fig. 4 a like view of the same in the position shown in Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sec tion on theline a: :12, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates a base or platformupon which the cutter is mounted.

a indicates vertical plates having outwardly-extending flanges on theirlower edges and inwardly-extending stops a formed on their ends. throughwhich the plates are secured to the base A by screws 1.

13 represents a sliding carriage, which rests upon the plates a and isguided in its movements thereon by flanges Z) formed on its lowersurface. These flanges also limit the forward and backward movement ofthe carriage by contact with the stops a. On the rear edge of thecarriage there is formed a vertical flange b, the inner face of which isconcave in cross-section, as shown in Fig. Projecting forward from oneside of the front of the sliding carriage there is a tongue O,

The flanges a have perforations the upper surface of which is raisedabove the surface of the carriage, the outer edge 0 projecting outbeyond the side of the same and under the cutting-blade G.

G is the cutting-blade, pivoted on a pin 6, passing through a post E,erected on the base A at the same side of the carriage on which thetongue 0 is located. In the inner face of the post there is a recess 6,through which the edge 0 of the tongue 0 passes. W'hen the blade is inits normal position, as shown in Fig. 3, the cutting-edge 9 thereof,which is .formed on the blade back of the post E, ex-

tends diagonally upward from a point near the said post to the inner endof the blade. The lower edge of this blade is concave in side elevationfrom the heel of the cuttingedge to the outer end of the blade, and onsaid outer end there is formed a shoulder g. Over this shoulder therepasses a rubber or other elastic loop 7L, which is also fastened to ascrew-eye IT, secured in the front of the base A.

F represents a holder placed on the same side of the carriage B on whichthe tongue C is located. One end of the holder is riveted to the upperface of said carriage, and the other f curves upward and forward justinside of the concave face of the bearing 1), as shown in Fig. 3, so asto embrace the side of any cigar which may be placed thereon.

M indicates a gage, the horizontal arm of which is countersunk in agroove in the top of the base A, as shown in Fig. This gage extends outbeneath and beyond the plate aon the side of the baseopposite to thepost E and has an upright formed on its outer end. The gage is held in afixed position by alatch m, pivoted on the top of the base A, and itslength is determined by lines N cut in the base and a line it across thetop of the said horizontal arm. The edge 0 of the sliding carriage Bextends out beneath the blade, and its upper surface is convex, so as toproperly actuate the blade G as said carriage is moved back and forth onthe plates a.

In operating, the carriage being in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3,a cigar is laid on the carriage in the concavity of the bearing b, thehead resting against the upright portion of the gage M and the tuck inthe curved part f of the holder F. The operator,

grasping the cigar and the flange b with the same hand, then pushes thecarriage forward. During the forward progress of the carriage the edge 0thereof engages the forward end of the blade and raises it, depressingthe inner end and causing the cutting-edge to close down on the edge 0,cutting off the ragged portion of the tuck. As the carriage reaches thelimit of its forward movement the end of the tongue 0 engages the rubberforming the loop h, its progress being stopped by the yield- 1ngpressure of said loop. This loop is not essential either to-limit themovement of the carriage or the blade G or to retract said blade, as themovementof the carriage would otherwise be limited by the contact of theflanges b with the stops a, and the whole movement of the blade isactuated and controlled by the tongue 0; but it serves as a cushion tostay the forward action of the car riage and thus lessens the noisewhich would otherwise be produced by the flanges b striking violentlyagainst the forward stops a. The manner of operating the blade and theshape of the cutting-edge thereof causes the several parts of said edgeto successively engage with the cigar, While the movement of thecarriage causes the blade to actin a manner similar to the action of theblade of a pair of scissors, making a cleaner cut and severing the endfrom the cigar more neatly than could otherwise be done.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with a movable carriage, of ablade pivoted above the same and having the cutting end normally raisedand a projection on the carriage extending beneath the blade and adaptedto raise the depressed end thereof as the carriage is moved toward thesame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with a pivoted blade having aconcave recess in its lower edge back of the cutting-edge, of a movablecarriage located below said blade, and a convex tongue 0, projectingfrom the side of the carriage and engaging the recess in the edge of theblade, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with a movable carriage, of afixed post located by the side of said carriage and having a recess 6formed in the inner face thereof, a blade pivoted to the post and havinga concave recess in its lower edge back of the cuttingedge, a movablecarriage located below the blade, and a convex tongue 0, projecting fromthe side of the carriage beneath the blade and adapted to engage theconcave recess therein and slide through the recess e, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

4. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with the vertical plates havingstops formed on the ends thereof, of a post, a blade pivoted to saidpost, and a movable carriage having a bearing 1) formed on one end andflanges adapted to engage the stops on said plates, one edge or side ofthe movable carriage being constructed to actuate the blade,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with Vertical plates having stopsformed on the ends thereof, of a post, a blade pivoted to said post, amovable carriage having a bearing 1) formed on one end and flangesadapted to engage the stops on said plates, one edge or side of themovable carriage beingconstructed to actuate the blade, and a holderadapted to embrace a side of a cigar, substantially as and forthe'purpose specified.

(5. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with vertical plates, of a post,a blade pivoted to said post, a movable carriage having a bearing 1)formed on one end and flanges adapted to lap said vertical plates, oneedge or side of the movable carriage being constructed to actuate theblade, and an elastic connection it on the forward end of the blade,adapted to be engaged by the end of the carriage, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

7. In a cigar-cutter, the combination, with vertical plates having stopsformed on the ends thereof, of a post, a blade pivoted to said post, amovable carriage having a bearing b formed on one end and flangesadapted to engage the stops on said plates, one edge or side of themovable carriage beingconstructed to actuate the blade, a holder adaptedto embrace a side of a cigar, an elastic'c'onnection h on the forwardend of the blade, adapted to be engaged by the" end of the carriage, andan adj ust-able gage, substantially as described.

JOHN S. HENRY. Witnesses:

J. S. SINEAWEVEB, H. S. BANNER.

